1913 - 2005
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott. The United States Congress has called her "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement".On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Parks rejected bus driver James F. Blake's order to vacate a row of four seats in the "colored" section in favor of a white passenger, once the "white" section was filled. Parks wasn't the first person to resist bus segregation, but the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) believed that she was the best candidate for seeing through a court challenge after her arrest for civil disobedience in violating Alabama segregation laws, and she helped inspire the black community to boycott the Montgomery buses for over a year. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rosa Parks has received more than 13,621,874 page views. Her biography is available in 97 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 92 in 2019). Rosa Parks is the 15th most popular social activist, the 89th most popular biography from United States (down from 85th in 2019) and the 5th most popular American Social Activist.
Rosa Parks is most famous for refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger.
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Among social activists, Rosa Parks ranks 15 out of 544. Before her are Henry Dunant, Martin Luther King Jr., Helen Keller, Guy Fawkes, Jean-Paul Marat, and Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi. After her are Claus von Stauffenberg, Irena Sendler, Lady Godiva, Thomas Müntzer, Robert Owen, and Olympe de Gouges.
1828 - 1910
HPI: 84.61
Rank: 9
1929 - 1968
HPI: 84.34
Rank: 10
1880 - 1968
HPI: 82.77
Rank: 11
1570 - 1606
HPI: 82.39
Rank: 12
1743 - 1793
HPI: 82.00
Rank: 13
1746 - 1827
HPI: 81.80
Rank: 14
1913 - 2005
HPI: 81.77
Rank: 15
1907 - 1944
HPI: 81.27
Rank: 16
1910 - 2008
HPI: 80.97
Rank: 17
990 - 1067
HPI: 80.00
Rank: 18
1489 - 1525
HPI: 79.89
Rank: 19
1771 - 1858
HPI: 79.80
Rank: 20
1748 - 1793
HPI: 79.67
Rank: 21
Among people born in 1913, Rosa Parks ranks 3. Before her are Albert Camus and Richard Nixon. After her are Jesse Owens, Vivien Leigh, Gerald Ford, Willy Brandt, Menachem Begin, Robert Capa, Jean Marais, Burt Lancaster, and Paul Ricœur. Among people deceased in 2005, Rosa Parks ranks 2. Before her is Pope John Paul II. After her are Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, George Best, Rinus Michels, Peter Drucker, Fahd of Saudi Arabia, Arthur Miller, Paul Ricœur, Claude Simon, Rafic Hariri, and Simon Wiesenthal.
1913 - 1960
HPI: 88.59
Rank: 1
1913 - 1994
HPI: 84.09
Rank: 2
1913 - 2005
HPI: 81.77
Rank: 3
1913 - 1980
HPI: 81.42
Rank: 4
1913 - 1967
HPI: 81.42
Rank: 5
1913 - 2006
HPI: 81.25
Rank: 6
1913 - 1992
HPI: 80.37
Rank: 7
1913 - 1992
HPI: 79.29
Rank: 8
1913 - 1954
HPI: 78.89
Rank: 9
1913 - 1998
HPI: 77.96
Rank: 10
1913 - 1994
HPI: 77.18
Rank: 11
1913 - 2005
HPI: 76.99
Rank: 12
1920 - 2005
HPI: 89.13
Rank: 1
1913 - 2005
HPI: 81.77
Rank: 2
1923 - 2005
HPI: 79.46
Rank: 3
1946 - 2005
HPI: 77.94
Rank: 4
1928 - 2005
HPI: 77.66
Rank: 5
1909 - 2005
HPI: 77.49
Rank: 6
1921 - 2005
HPI: 77.32
Rank: 7
1915 - 2005
HPI: 77.18
Rank: 8
1913 - 2005
HPI: 76.99
Rank: 9
1913 - 2005
HPI: 76.36
Rank: 10
1944 - 2005
HPI: 76.21
Rank: 11
1908 - 2005
HPI: 75.56
Rank: 12
Among people born in United States, Rosa Parks ranks 89 out of 15,968. Before her are Johnny Cash (1932), James Dean (1931), Bob Dylan (1941), Jimi Hendrix (1942), Debbie Reynolds (1932), and Tina Turner (1939). After her are Henry David Thoreau (1817), Meryl Streep (1949), Bill Clinton (1946), Stan Lee (1922), Charles Bronson (1921), and Michael Douglas (1944).
1932 - 2003
HPI: 82.07
Rank: 83
1931 - 1955
HPI: 82.00
Rank: 84
1941 - Present
HPI: 81.92
Rank: 85
1942 - 1970
HPI: 81.89
Rank: 86
1932 - 2016
HPI: 81.85
Rank: 87
1939 - Present
HPI: 81.82
Rank: 88
1913 - 2005
HPI: 81.77
Rank: 89
1817 - 1862
HPI: 81.76
Rank: 90
1949 - Present
HPI: 81.71
Rank: 91
1946 - Present
HPI: 81.66
Rank: 92
1922 - 2018
HPI: 81.63
Rank: 93
1921 - 2003
HPI: 81.50
Rank: 94
1944 - Present
HPI: 81.49
Rank: 95
Among social activists born in United States, Rosa Parks ranks 5. Before her are Malcolm X (1925), Eleanor Roosevelt (1884), Martin Luther King Jr. (1929), and Helen Keller (1880). After her are Jimmy Hoffa (1913), Emily Greene Balch (1867), Jane Addams (1860), Susan B. Anthony (1820), Angela Davis (1944), Bugsy Siegel (1906), and John Brown (1800).
1925 - 1965
HPI: 88.13
Rank: 1
1884 - 1962
HPI: 85.50
Rank: 2
1929 - 1968
HPI: 84.34
Rank: 3
1880 - 1968
HPI: 82.77
Rank: 4
1913 - 2005
HPI: 81.77
Rank: 5
1913 - 1975
HPI: 75.79
Rank: 6
1867 - 1961
HPI: 74.11
Rank: 7
1860 - 1935
HPI: 71.68
Rank: 8
1820 - 1906
HPI: 71.60
Rank: 9
1944 - Present
HPI: 71.43
Rank: 10
1906 - 1947
HPI: 70.86
Rank: 11
1800 - 1859
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 12